Ceramic susceptor whose wafer-retaining face has superior isothermal properties, and that is suited to utilization in apparatuses for manufacturing semiconductors and in liquid-crystal manufacturing apparatuses. In plate-shaped sintered ceramic body 1, resistive heating element 2 is formed. Fluctuation in pullback length L between sintered ceramic body outer-peripheral edge 1a and resistive heating element substantive-domain outer-peripheral edge 2a is within ±0.8%, while isothermal rating of the entire surface of the wafer-retaining face is ±1.0% or less. Preferable is a superior isothermal rating of ±0.5% or less that can be achieved by bringing the fluctuation in pullback length L to within ±0.5%.
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1. A ceramic susceptor, comprising: first and second plate-shaped sintered ceramic body portions, the first and second body portions hot-press bonded together to form a plate-shaped body having an outer peripheral edge; a printed resistive heating element formed on a face of one of the sintered ceramic body portions; wherein the resistive heating element is printed, and the sintered body portions are hot-press joined, such that (i) the heating element is in the plate-shaped body, and (ii) a peripheral fluctuation in pullback length between the outer peripheral edge of the plate-shaped body and an outer peripheral edge of the heating element is within ±0.8%, said ±0.8% being with respect to an outer diameter of the ceramic body.
2. The ceramic susceptor set forth in claim 1 , wherein fluctuation in said pullback length is within ±0.5%.
3. The ceramic susceptor set forth in claim 2 , wherein said sintered ceramic body is made of at least one substance type selected from aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and aluminum oxide.
4. The ceramic susceptor set forth in claim 3 , wherein said resistive heating element is made of at least one metal type selected from W, Mo, Ag, Pt, Pd, Ni and Cr.
5. The ceramic susceptor set forth in claim 2 , wherein said resistive heating element is made of at least one metal type selected from W, Mo, Ag, Pt, Pd, Ni and Cr.
6. The ceramic susceptor set forth in claim 1 , wherein said sintered ceramic body is made of at least one substance type selected from aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and aluminum oxide.
7. The ceramic susceptor set forth in claim 6 , wherein said resistive heating element is made of at least one metal type selected from W, Mo, Ag, Pt, Pd, Ni and Cr.
8. The ceramic susceptor set forth in claim 1 , wherein said resistive heating element is made of at least one metal type selected from W, Mo, Ag, Pt, Pd, Ni and Cr.
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July 12, 2005
July 1, 2008
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